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آنتینوس
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Antinous, also called Antinoös, (; ; – ) was a Greek youth from Bithynia, a favourite and lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Following his premature death before his 20th birthday, Antinous was deified on Hadrian's orders, being worshipped in both the Greek East and Latin West, sometimes as a god () and sometimes merely as a hero ().
Key facts
- Person.name
- Antinous
- Person.image
- Bust Antinous Hermitage GR-4220 n1.jpeg
- Person.image_size
- 235
- Person.caption
- Bust of Antinous-Dionysus (Hermitage Museum)
- Person.birth_place
- Bithynium, Bithynia, Roman Empire
- Person.death_date
- (aged 18–19)
- Person.death_place
- River Nile, Heliopolis, Roman Egypt
- Person.resting_place
- Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy
- Person.partner
- Hadrian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Bolu
- Place of death
- Antinoöpolis
- Occupation
- favourite
- Image
- Bust Antinous Hermitage GR-4220 n1.jpeg
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- cause of death
- drowning
- Commons category
- Antinous
- date of birth
- 0111-00-00
- date of death
- 0130-10-00
- manner of death
- accidental death
- Commons gallery
- Antinous
- time period
- Roman Empire
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- different from
- Antinous son of Eupeithes
- unmarried partner
- Hadrian
- name in native language
- Ἀντίνοος
- place of burial
- Hadrian's Villa
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